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On the morning of the 9th, a firefighter is spraying water at the scene of a fire in a multipurpose building in Ulsan. Reporter Song Bong-geun
A major fire broke out in a 33-story residential-commercial building in Ulsan, and 93 residents were taken to the hospital, but it was discovered that the Ulsan fire department did not have a raised ladder vehicle to extinguish high-rise fires.
Fire suppression problem in the 113m building on the 33rd floor
Only 10 high-rise ladder cars nationwide
The sprinkler is also broken, it is difficult to turn off
I can’t respond quickly and it shuts down in 15 hours.
According to national audit data received from the Fire Department on the 8th by Park Wan-ju, a member of the National Assembly Administrative Safety Committee, there are only 10 high-rise ladder trucks in the country that can extinguish fires to the ground. 23. It was discovered that there was no 70 m elevated ladder car at the Ulsan Fire Department where the incident occurred.
The fire broke out in the Ulsan residential-commercial building around 11:07 pm on the 8th. The flames began on the 12th floor and spread to the entire 33rd floor. The Ulsan Fire Department said it was not easy to put out the fire because the fire grew due to the strong wind, the sprinkler head exploded, and the water ran out in the rooftop tank. The Ulsan fire headquarters even put in a helicopter to put out the fire, but the flames rose again around 6:15 a.m. on the 9th.
Fire Service Commissioner Jeong Moon-ho, who was dispatched to the field at 2 a.m. this day and assumed command, issued an order to mobilize special equipment, including elevated ladder cars, to eight provinces, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu and Sejong, when the fires revived. As there were no ladder cars in the Ulsan area, a total of four 70m ladder cars were installed in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Busan and Sejong to extinguish fires.
“I had a hard time at first because the fire escape was low in height,” Im Housing, the head of the Ulsan Fire Department, told a briefing. .
The Fire Department said the fire was extinguished at 2:50 p.m. the same day, about 15 hours after it broke out. There were no deaths. A total of 90 people were injured, including a firefighter who suffered burns to the ear area from the extinguishing of the fire, and three seriously injured were taken to hospital. The Ulsan Fire Department said three people, who were initially classified as seriously injured, were treated at the hospital and returned home. 77 people were rescued, 4 from the 12th floor, 23 from the 28th floor and 26 from the roof.
According to Park Wan-ju’s office, there are 461 general ladder cars in the country. However, it was found that there are only 10 70m elevated ladder cars in the country that can extinguish fires up to the 23rd floor. Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon each have two, and one in Busan, Daejeon, Sejong and Jeju. The Gyeonggi Fire Department plans to buy one in 2021 and the Chungnam Fire Department in 2023.
Currently, there are 4,692 high-rise buildings with more than 30 floors in the country, of which 3,885 are apartments. The remaining 690 were found to be complex buildings and 90 commercial facilities. There were 18 accommodation facilities and 5 factories were found to be high-rise buildings with 30 stories or more. As apartments and high-rise buildings increase, the need for high-rise ladders to extinguish fires increases, but depending on the budget situation secured by each city and provincial fire department, you are deciding whether to deploy a raised ladder.
Rep. Park said: “As the fire in the Ulsan residential-commercial building is estimated to have started on the 12th floor, it might have been possible to respond faster if the Ulsan Fire Headquarters had an elevated ladder.” We will thoroughly check for issues and strengthen fire response in high-rise buildings. ”
Reporter Kim Hyun-ye, Ulsan = Reporter Baek Kyung-seo [email protected]
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